And she isn't stopping there - Mel is already planning on expanding her product lines and launching her own make-up range in the not-too-distant future.

She told Femail: "Working as a make-up artist meant that I was constantly having my skin analysed by my clients.

"I felt they would look at my skin and wouldn’t want to take my advice or take me seriously.

"It hugely affected my confidence as I started to second-guess my abilities and the advice I was offering my clients, even though I knew it wasn’t down to lack of knowledge in my specific area of expertise, I just hadn’t found what worked for me yet."

She admitted she would often cry in the mornings as her skin was so painful.

Mel is already planning on expanding her product lines and launching her own make-up range

The products she used to dry out her acne also made her skin more sore and sensitive.

She explained that when she applied make-up it would sometimes "look worse", leaving Mel worried about leaving the house and interacting with people.

"Every time I met someone new I often couldn't relax and engage in a normal conversation as I felt like they would be constantly staring at the state of my skin," she said.

After overhauling her diet and spending a great deal of time researching products that didn't irritate her skin, Mel came up with the idea of selling her own line of products, sourced from as far afield as Australia and the US.